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Publicolor is excited to debut a new body of work by Italian master, Gaetano Pesce: Jewelry as Figurative Representations.

"Since the category of the so-called "jewelry" was born, their characteristic and function have always been decorative. They can tell how beautiful a flower is, how attractive the geometric composition of a necklace is, how striking is the light of a stone and other reasons that remain in the realm of form. As far as I am concerned, and as the title explains, the functions listed before don't interest me. I started to make jewelry to experiment with innovative materials that I have been using since I was 21 years old. Their ultimate goal is not beauty, but the surprising richness of the materials I use. More recently I started creating jewelry that tell stories: the fishes swimming in the sea, the fruits of a market, the machines of time and more. They are figurative pieces that are read not so much for their preciousness or for the skill of the craftsmen who execute them, but because they evoke a simple reality, that we all know, introduced onto the scene of precious things."

- Gaetano Pesce, October 2018

Join NYCJW for a one day exhibition hosted by Publicolor on November 15th. The exhibition is on view from 8:30am - 5:30pm.